So, how'd you first find Sega-16?

[Melf]

I figured it'd be interesting to know how everyone found the site/forum. Were you referred, click on a link or sig, or just stumble upon it by accident? Tell us your stories!

[Vicman]

I found Sega-16 via a banner on someone's sig, probably yours Melf, over at Bahn's Got-next forums, and I only found Got-next because Nintendo fanboys were getting ragged on over at GAF, which doesn't happen enough, and someone said if anyone REALLY wanted to see N-fanboys get the thrashing they deserved to checkout Got-next's forums and linked to the place. :lol:

A pretty round about way to find Sega-16 but I'm glad I did. :cool:

[j_factor]

Someone's (yours?) sig from SegaXtreme. I don't go there anymore.

[bahn]

...someone said if anyone REALLY wanted to see N-fanboys get the thrashing they deserved to checkout Got-next's forums and linked to the place. :lol:


That's hilarious -- I'd love to read that thread. No one gets ragged on our on forums, especially since the activity is very mellow and laid back, much like here. It's all good because both of our forum destinations are still new to gamers and some are bound to remain at the more "popular" hotspots like GAF, TNL, IGN, to name a few.

[Sega Uranus]

I did a search on Google for "Genesis fan site" or something when I just started to get new Genesis games (later collect), months later, I gained the courage to write a review for Mega Bomberman, and after that I just couldn't stop coming here, and that's the end of that chapter. Next chapter, Melf gives his site to me! :twisted:



j/k


I could never take care of this site, plus it's in great hands, and I do think he is doing a great job at that!

[landstalkerx]

I found it on google some time after the Genesis Collective forums stoped working. I had my own Genesis site for a few months on a free server before I came here. Around the time that the server stoped working I found this place.

[crazyjoedavola]

I found a site on the links page of videogamecritic.net which sent me to the Sega 16 bit webpage and from there I found the link to here.

[StRiDA CoL]

I was on Kurt Kalata's Hardcore Gamer 101 site and I saw a link to the site.

Oh to Kurt,
I am a regular vissitor of your site and I thank you

[VinnyT]

I found the site after Melf started a thread about starting a new Sega site. I was happy to find a Sega site that would be more active than the usual sites.

[David J.]

I think it was Segaxtreme?

[Vorty]

Melf e-mailed me because I reviewed a lot of Genesis games over at the'FAQS.

[Fang]

Somebody mentioned this website at gamefaqs genesis forum and here I am.

[Nazza]

I'm not sure, but I think it was after I'd just bought a Mega Drive off eBay and was feeling nostalgic, came across the site looking up reviews for a game. This is probably one of my favourite websites now.

[Joe Redifer]

I'm not entirely sure, but probably through a link from somewhere else as I remember reading the entire main site before I came onto the forums.

[Kikoskia]

Googling for sega info because I had gotten into playing megadrive games on an emulator. Had a lot of useful info on it. I swear I read all the articles and reviews four times over before I joined the forum. :p

[Demonic Weasel]

I was looking for more reviews of Sega games. I never get tired of looking for new ones. And here I am.

[Flash1087]

I think it was a link from Lost Levels.


But I like to think of it as "fate".

[Kusanagi]

trough wikipedia.
When I was searching on streets of rage info, it said there were democlips of the never published sor4 on the sega-16 site.
I registered on the forum right away:cool:

[Mendicant]

I did a google search on "Genesis game Reviews". To make a long story short, I ended up here. XD

[Genesis Knight]

I believe I linked here from the acursed idiot-spawning grounds of GameFAQs.

[Obviously]

I found Sega-16 searching for Genesis reviews, particularily Gunstar Heroes I think.

[Novaka]

I found it in your topic at Sega offiacal fourms....

[RaveFury]

I can't really remember how I found Sega 16, but I can tell you when it happened: Sometime in mid May (last month). My earliest memory of this place is checking on it from my girlfriend's grandmother's house and reading the Doom for Genesis article that, ironically, has since been removed. I was pleased to see that the site was updated so diligently, and I wound up writing a review for it. And another. And a few more that haven't been posted yet. And more I have yet to send in...

A fun place with nice people who humor me and read my long Sega rants. What's not to love?

[ThunderForce]

I don't know how I find this site, but I know I want to do reviews of forgotten games (mostly shmup) that the general public don't know about. ;)

[Benjamin]

I saw the site in Melf's .sig over at shmups.com, though what really made me visit was his listed occupation in his profile. :p Given the quality of most fan sites, the thought of an English professor running one made curious. Before this I use to love the Genesis Collective, which wasn't nearly as well structured and written as Sega-16 but still a very good source of information.

[Barracuda]

I did a Yahoo search for "Sega Genesis" found this site and don't plan on leaving. :ok:

[Sinistral]

Through a webring. "The Classic Videogames Syndicate". I was adding my site and clicked next a few times to see the next sites in the ring. This was one of them (most others were very poor so this one stood out):p

[Masked Avenger]

The Kalinske interview led me here.

[108 Stars]

I was looking for information on Genesis-RPGs, a genre that was not very interesting to me when I originally bought Genny-games since not a single RPG was ever translated into German in those days.
Doing so I stumbled across an article about Beggar Prince. I got really excited and began looking for more info on the game. Googling for Beggar Prince I eventually dug out Sega-16 and fell in love immediately.
Now I´m finally home...

[Dyne]

well i've known melf since before segaxtreme because a ghost town (hmmmmm oddly right around when they revoked my admin status =P) and possibly around the tavern. but i knew about this site when he first brought the idea to our attention over at TnL.

love ya buddy *kiss*

[HetmanTancred]

I was looking for retro game boards for possible help on my Sega CD not-working problem. Although I didn't get help, I looked through the site from 10 PM to 4 AM one night just reading articles of interest. I looked back through the forums and found the discussions to be interesting so I decided to stay...

[Stevez0r]

Did a search on Google for "Sega Genesis Forums". I'm glad I found this forum because I never owned a Genesis before.

[winona]

A friend on a swedish board kept using the reviews on this site instead of describing the games. So I got curious.

Written 1 review (pitfall) for no reason other than wanting to do a review at least once in my life.

[XMARLTONX]

After rediscovering Moonwalker in my closet, I started looking for Sega forums. Finding site after boring site, I found a link here. I figured the site wasnt around anymore, and I was quite glad to find out it is still alive and kicking =)

[Mr Smith]

I followed a link from a forum somewhere many months ago. Have only just signed up to this forum and am now checking back daily as it's so awesome.

[Boopop]

In all honesty I can't remember......I love sega's many variations of the megadrive and its addons, so I had to bookmark the site :)

[Leo Leonardo]

In all respect, I eventually found you on the SEGA Of America forums.

And now i'm finally here.

[Lan-Di]

Sometime ago, I saw a 32X tech demo and, searched to find more information about Zyrinx then... I found this place!

[Melf]

Welcome! May your stay be a long and happy one!

[Rusty Venture]

I was changing the clock above my toilet and i slipped and fell. When i came to i had a vision, a vision of this site.




Or Melf linked to this site on one of the other forums i frequent.

[VinnyT]

Why put a clock above your toilet where you'd have to turn your neck so far to read it?

[Rusty Venture]

That was a reference to "Back to the Future".

Doc Brown's thinking up the "Flux Capacitor" happened in a similar fashion (meaning i couldnt remember his exact wording).

[VinnyT]

I figured it was, I just always wondered that when he said it.

[Utini]

Since Ken posted a link to his interview with Tom Kalinske on the Retro Gamer forums (www.retrogamer.net), I've been hooked :)

[Mr Smith]

Why put a clock above your toilet where you'd have to turn your neck so far to read it?

Not true. It depends what you went in there for.

[108 Stars]

Not true. It depends what you went in there for.

It depends on what you went in for and on how you prefer to do it.

[N FUL FX]

I found it when I was looking for reviews of games I wanted to buy.

[Dextro]

I found sega-16 on an article on joystiq (if I'm not mistaken) refering to one of the interviews on the site and I stuck arround reading for a while being a Mega Drive/Sonic fan myself :)

[Vorty]

I got an e-mail from Melf which went like this:

"If you want to see your cat alive again, submit all of your required Genesis and 32X reviews here now!"

Actually, some of the above may not be entirely accurate.

[Rusty Venture]

You don't actually own a cat, right?

[Vorty]

No, I don't.

I think he must've e-mailed the wrong person.

[Rodger]

I've stumbled upon this site a few times over the last year, but it wasn't until recently when I was looking for a review for "Revengers of Vengence" on the sega cd, that I found this site again. (and the review on here for that game was perfect, exactly my same thoughts on that game).

so yup, found it through google typing like revengers of vengence review :D

[Reg]

After my hardrive crashed, I lost address to Sega-Spetsnaz (couldn't remember the full name) so I started doing searches and Sega-16 popped up. I mistkook it for the same place but found out, it was in fact a totally different area. But I figured some of my buddies at SS probably hung out here, too. Also figured I'd make some new friends here. Love the layout of the place.

[Stander]

I was looking for a site with info on the Sega Genesis and its various add-ons. Looks like I stumbled across the right site.

[kdb1981]

I kind of just wondered in to your site mostly by accident I was looking on wikipedia for sega cd information when I came across a link to your site.

But i am glade i have found this site now i have fond some very helpful information on how to repair a blow fuse in my model 1 sega cd and just learned much about classic sega games and hardware.

though i am just registering now i have been looking around form your site for over a week.

[InternalPrimate]

I'm not sure if I've posted here or not, but I found sega-16.com on gamefaqs.com. A group of people there were discussing the idea of creating a NES website. Someone mentioned that the site should be modeled after sega-16.com. I checked this site out, and I haven't left since :)

[David J.]

I can't be the only one, when they first heard of the site, had LOW expectations?

Now, I am rather seasoned on the interweb's (1997) and I have seen a whole shedload of fansites since then, and I had almost always been let down. I never expect much, but I do expect better than www.gameamazon.com

But when I visited the site, and saw the forums, I saw some neat stuff.

The end.

[VinnyT]

That's acutally one of the better readings in this thread. A real netvet who's seen hundred of fansites, and knows how good we are! Awesome!

[DigitalSpace]

I heard about the site through a thread created on Digital Press around the time it debuted.

[16-bit]

I went to the Sega.com boards, asking for which games I should buy on my Genesis, and then they redirected me to you guys!

[megabomberman]

Was intending on buying a big shipment of games but didn't know where to turn for proper reviews. Fair enough the reviews on gamefaqs are plentiful but they mostly consist of normal gamers who toss out a completely biased view, slating games ridiculously over the top.

So I attempted to find a site that was not redundant and dedicated to the genesis/megadrive. The official sega site doesn't even acknowledge its glorius past, wikipedia was ok but again no reviews.

So eventually up on a google search popped sega-16 the only true md/gen site on the whole net (well the only on worth going near anyway) and by god was it worth the wait!

[Mr Smith]

I never expect much, but I do expect better than www.gameamazon.com

King Paulos has changed his site to www.gamelegacies.com/ (http://www.gamelegacies.com) he does this every now and then. I check out his website every so often just to cheer myself up.

[B - Mark]

I found the Sega 16 website in Google after the research for websites about Mega Drive / Genesis.

[Dire 51]

You know, I don't really remember. I know I found it before Melf asked if it was okay to repost some of my (incredibly ancient) reviews from the old Classic Gaming Review Archive on the site.

[Aarzak]

I stumbled upon it one day, and have been a big fan of it since. I've been visiting it for almost a year now before creating this account and joining the forums. Problem is, I have so many questions and suggestions to contribute........but I can't post a darn thread yet and I registered over a week ago!!! Pardon my naivete, but what gives???

[VinnyT]

10 posts will let you start threads. This was done for spambot prevention.

[velvet396]

Last year, amid a Garage/Yard sale craze - realizing I could now purchase all the game systems I never had.

I was probably searching for some info on the Sega CD or just retro games in general. However it happened, it certainly was helpful. Glad the buying bug hasn't bitten me again cause all I did was fawn over the stuff for a couple of weeks, hook it up and I haven't touched it much since. I usually emulate (for shame!) or play the newer consoles.

[jumbo11]

I was looking for Genesis reviews. This is 1 of 2 sites that still have them.
Great site.

[Alianger]

lots of sites have them..

[Man-Fish]

You know, I don't really remember. :sweat:


Sega-16 is usually the first website I go to when I'm bored (even ahead of Wikipedia :p), because there's so much stuff that I haven't read yet or want to read again. :)

[FighterHayabusa]

I found the site while googling for reviews of MegaDrive games.

Btw, this is off topic, but can anyone tell me why I can't create a new thread?

[megabomberman]

just post 9 more times for a total of ten, and you'll join the exclusive club..

[FighterHayabusa]

just post 9 more times for a total of ten, and you'll join the exclusive club..

Oh, so you don't get to post new thread until you've posted 10 times in existing threads? Odd system but OK then!:cool:

[Zebbe]

It's to avoid the spambot plague.

[FighterHayabusa]

It's to avoid the spambot plague.

Seems smart enough! Good thinking:p

[Jules Walter]

Actually I remember having found this site a long time ago when I was more active on the internet, but I had forgotten about it and stumbled on it again recently, it was while looking for a solution to one of Beggar Prince's parts. Found this site was interesting in that it had some info and reviews on some really obscure games as well. Eventually I'd like to get around to writing a review for Sorceror's Kingdom.

[kylera]

I was searching for a game whose title I forget now.

Unfortunately, I haven't found it yet.

[Phantar]

I first stumbled upon this site via Wikipedia. Browsed a bit around, thought it was nice, then forgot about it...

Then, some time later, I was looking for a list of games I could play on my Nomad, did a little google-search, and ended up here again. And I thought "Wait a minute, you KNOW that one..."

Since then I'm a regular reader, and was lurking around in the forums until I finally decided to join up ;-)

[Kollision]

As I just wrote in my first post here, I was trying to find pictures of Sagaia. Which might be, by all means, my favorite Genesis game.

BTW, I received the cartridge yesterday ----- back in the shelf for good now ----- and I have to admit that Sega-16 was one of the readings that inspired me to have it back.

[BlueBlur]

While I was waiting for my ebay-purchased Genesis to come in the mail I did a search for info on the system and stumbed across this site via a link on another page (whose name I have now forgotten).

[megadriveworld]

Woah old thread.. Anyway I think I was just looking for a decent place to discuss the 16-bit wonder/wonders. I must have typed 'sega forum' and it was one of the results.

[buzz_clik]

I was about to purchase my copy of Devil Hunter Yohko, and Googled to check up on the game. Not a lot of reviews or info on it, save for Sega-16's review. Voila!

[KnightWarrior]

digitpress forum..though Melf's Banner

[raf]

I googled something about Contra and found Kikoskia's beutiful avatar,(fel in LOVE) and decided to register, and here i is :D

[johnnyb]

Just stumbled across this place in search of like minded people, have only been on here a few days and it`s great!:D

[acdc]

looking for a revieuw about gleylancer what it is and if it was any good to order

and BAMM here i was

[The Sports Guy]

I think i was digging around for websites around the time i marathonned NBA jam TE for a couple days in a row, and stumbled upon the print ads? i really dont remember.

[cosmicpsycho]

i'm pretty sure i saw something about this place on digitpress.

[TmEE]

Evildragon basically dragged me here

[Genesis Knight]

I wondered.

[gamevet]

I know Melf from another site, and I've read several of his articles here.

[Sticky Note]

Just googled Sega Genesis.

[KenshiroX]

Googled Sega Genesis reviews, and stumbled on the Doom 32X vs Saturn article.

[tomitomou]

I read an article in Retro gamer (an excellent magazine by the way) which mentionned sega-16 as a great reference, and that is quite true...
Great site guys, keep up the good work.

[David]

my brother was at it the other day so I became a member :)

[Penguin]

I ran across these forums in my search for a video cable for my 32x, I was referred to your site from someone on NintendoAge.com.

[DaronMalakian17]

I believe I got a link from NintendoAGE, and then just kept finding myself back at this website.

[ButtonMasher]

I was basically looking for some Genesis reviews and I stumbled across this site. I enjoyed reading the reviews, and liked quite a few of the articles I read so I joined.

[RegalSin]

Researching how to flash the 1.00 bios to the SEGA CD and found this website along with some others. However when BPrince came out I was reading it. So it would have to be the MD thingy that allows you to play games from your computer.

I also ran into it way way back by accident from the people on oh so uptight Assembler/Japan-games who kept on refering to it.

[evildragon]

Though he's banned, I'd like to state this.

The BIOS on Sega CD can NOT be flashed! You can only change it via a flash cart like MegaCart. The chip in the Sega CD is a ROM.

[Rusty Venture]

That is probably the most coherent and grammatically correct post I have ever seen him make.

[sonicwatcher6969]

I found it when I wasd looking fore reviews in order to expand my collection beyond Sonic games. So following your advice I've landed Comix Zone, Gunstar Heroes, Thunder Force 2 etc...

[Nicpezer]

I don't remember too well. I think I was looking for some nostalgic material for the genesis through a search and I stumbled upon the site.

[thefletch13]

Searched for Sega 32x cords on google and got this link.

[haze420]

looking for a 32x conversion cable and found this site

[esb09]

Played the Genesis some as a child, but my recent interest in it is because I downloaded Gunstar Heroes on Wii VC. After that, I googled for more info about the Genesis came here and bought a system!

[Shadow360]

I don't really remember how I found this site. I think I found it through google. After I found this site though I bookmarked it and came to it every time I could. I still do.

[pompeyparsons]

I was browsing another forum when I ran across the link in a member's sig just a couple days ago.

[17daysolderthannes]

Some website had a link to the reviews, then I noticed there were forums and since i was really starting to get into the Genesis I joined.